The last of three discussions on different subjects
Speakers: A. J. Ayer Professor of Philosophy at University College. London
P. B. Medawar
Professor of Zoology at University College, London
V. S. Pritchett Rex Warner
Use Wolf (soprano) Ernest Lush (piano)
The Allegri String Quartet
This is the third of four talks, following his recent visit to the Middle East, in which Edward Atiyah is giving his impressions of evolution and revolution in the Arab world. Having observed the development of agricultural and industrial projects, he comments on the various ways in which the economic life of the Arab countries is being transformed.
A selection of the poems of Andrew Marvell
Sonata for two pianos played by Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson
(first broadcast in this country)
Hans Henkemans , who is well known in Holland as both pianist and composer, was born at The Hague in 1913. His Two-piano Sonata, composed in 1943, is in four movements.
Three talks by Arnold Noach
2—The ' Paper Museum' of Cassiano dal Pozzo Cassiano dal Pozzo was an example of what the Renaissance called the 'complete man.' Without being himself an artist or writer, he played a leading part in the intellectual life of Baroque Rome and of the European world of his day. Interested in plant and bird life, he was, however, best known for his collection of records of ancient Rome, to which Nicolas Poussin , Pietro Testa , and other artists of his day contributed drawings. A fragment of this ' paper museum' survives in the collection of architectural drawings in the Royal Library at Windsor Castle. For some years Mr. Noach has been cataloguing this collection.
To
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Arthur Leavins)
Conducted by Basil Cameron From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Alida Monro recalls some of the personalities, poetry readings. and publications of the Poetry Bookshop from 1913 to 1920
Readers:
Robert Bernal and James McKechnle
Produced by Sasha Moorsom
Gerard Souzay (baritone)
Jacqueline Bonneau (piano)
Tristesse; Clair de lune; Arpège; En sourdine (Fauri)
Histoires naturelles (Ravel) on gramophone records
Three illustrated talks by John Blacking on the structure of folk music and its relationship to social life, with examples from Asia, Africa, and Australasia.
3-Music and Social Life
(The recorded broadcast of Feb. 28)